using sexual favors to improve business or one's standing

to refuse, to reject, to turn down / to announce in advance, especially to ask for permission

(literary) they (about women or girls)

(colloquial) a girlfriend (a female partner in a romantic relationship)

(formal) Female third-person singular pronoun; she, her, girlfriend

to operate (a business)

operation, business / sales, retail, trade

pillow

pillow

(literary) they (about women or girls)